Display device



Spt. 17, 1929. E, A HORTON 1,728,610

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Eatented Sept. 17, 1929 I i UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE ELLSWORTH A.non'ron, or isnonx, nnw xonx i I if DISPLAY nnvrcn i i 1 Applicationfiled July 2, 1928. Serial No. ?i89,-i839.

This invention relates to improvements in walls of the box which arecovered by a display devices, and it is the principal obcloth 1% of anyappropriate fabric and color ject of my invention to provide a deviceand suitably ruffledand accommodately hidadapted to display an articleto its greatest ing and coveringthe meeting edges of mir- 5 advantageand by creating its size through ror and box wall. This cloth coveringpro- 55 a mirrored effect, the illusion. of being sustccts andembellishesthe inner walls of the pended in space without any visiblesupport box, and carries at the inner face of the J while the same isrotated in. order to distop lettering constituting a legend in re-.-play every single feature of the article. versed order to be reflectedas readable mat- Another object of my invention is the proter in themirror as for instance as shown 60 vision of a display device of thischaracter It stands alone, or any other suitable having its walls linedwith a ruffled fabric matter. I I I harmonizing in colon and arrangementwith a A forwardly extending flap; or flange the nature of the articledisplayed to enis'secured to the upper edge of the flaring 15 hance theappearance of the article and to mouth 11 to protectthe display. againstin- 65 display the same most favorably, and hiding terfering light raysetc. Q the mirror edges. The mirror 13 is perforated in approx i Afurther object of the invention is the mately its middle, at the pointof intersecprovision of a display device of simple and tion of diagonallines drawn from its r therefore inexpensive construction, which cornersfor allowing the passage of a rod 7 however, is extremely eflicient inits operaor pin 16 upontheupperend of which the tion, and easily totransport from place to article, 17 to be displayed and placed uponplace. themirr'or is held. A Y I p v y A still further object of myinvention is Thelower endofpin 16 carriesa bevel the provision of adisplay device of this gear 18 in mesh with a bevel gear 19 on characteradapted to give the most favorable the shaft 20 of a motor 21 placedconvenicolor and light effects for advertising purently in thebox 10 andsecured to its bottom. poses in show windows, stores or the like. Theoperation of my device will be en- These and other objects andadvantages tirely clear from'the above description, and

so of my invention will become more fully ap-- it will beevident that.an article 17 placed 80 parent as the description thereof proceeds, uponthe mirror at the end of the rod or and will then be more specificallydefined pin 16 will be rotated upon the starting of in the appendedclaims. motor 21 and will be reflected in mirror 13 In the accompanyingdrawing forming a thus creating the illusion of being suspended materialpart of this disclosure: in space without any visible support most 3Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a display advantageously displaying theobject or device constructed. according to my invenarticle by suitablemirror, color, and light tion. effects during the rotation thereof. a 1Fig. 2 is a section on line 22 of Fig- It will be understood that I havedisclosed ure 1. r an example the preferred form of my de- 90 Fig. 3 isa sectional plan view looking in vice only, and that I may make suchchanges the direction of arrows 3-8 of Figure 2. in the generalarrangement thereof and in As illustrated, my display device comtheconstruction of its minor details, as come prises a casing 10substantially as shown in within the scope of the appended claims IFigure l and made of any suitable material without departure from thespirit of my in- 9 and in any desired size. vention and the principlesinvolved.

This casing or box has a flaring frontal Having thus described myinvention what mouth 11 closed by a window 12 or the like I claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Within the box a mirror 13 is provided.Patent if" i 50 arranged at an angle of about to the end 1. A displaydevice comprising a casing, a no mirror arranged therein in inclinedposition and having an opening, means for covering the meeting edges ofmirror and casing Walls, an invisible means from Which the article'to bedisplayed is suspended passing through the opening in said mirror, a.motor operated means for rotating said article suspending means on saidmirror.

2. A display device comprising a casing, a mirror arranged therein at anangle of about 45 to the walls of said casing and having an opening inapproximately its middle, a pin passing through said opening, adapted toinvisibly carry and hold an article to be displayed on top of saidmirror, means for rotating said pin and article, and a means for hidingthe meeting places of the mirror and casing Walls.

3. A display device comprising a casing, a mirror arranged therein at aninclination to the bottom of said casing, a fabric coating for the Wallsand inner top face of said casing to hide the meeting edges of mirrorand casing walls, an article adapted to be placed on said mirror,invisible means for holding said article in its position in the mirror,and a means for rotating said article.

4. A display device of the class described comprising a box, a rufliedfabric cover for. the end Walls and the top all of said box, a mirrorarranged at an inclination of about 45 to the bottom of thebox andhaving a median perforation, a legend on the inner face 03": the top ofsaid box adapted to be reflected in said mirror and appropriate to thearticle to be displayed, a pin projecting through said hole in themirror and allowing the invisible suspension of an article to bedisplayed above said mirror, means for rotating said pin and article,and a motor for. operating said rotating means, a glass front for saidbox, and an upper flange or flap projecting from the upper edge thereoftowards the front.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 28th day of June A, D. 1928.

ELLSWORTH A. HORTON.

